Eyeglass-mounting.



D. V. BROWN.

' EYEGLASS MOUNTING.

APPLICATION FILEDNOV. 2, 1919. I

1,014,205, Patented Jan. 9, 1912'.

ATTORNEY STATE? PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL V. BROWN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

EYEGLASS-MOUNTING.

To all whom it may conccmf Be itknown that I, DANIEL Bno wN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the ,city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Eyeglass- Mountings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in eyeglass mountings.

The object of my invention is to provide means including spring actuated nose hearing pieces or guards which are adapted to be employed in connection w1th the posts or studs of a pair of eyeglasses to which posts or studs is secured the means for con necting together the lenses of a pair of eye glasses.

Heretoforeas tar as I am aware eyeglass mountings which included posts or studs of the character mentioned also included eyeglass guards connected to the inner ends of said posts or studs and bow springs the opposite ends of which were and also are connected to the said posts or studs, usually 1n housings or seats at the inner ends of said posts or studs, In suchstructures the bow springs exert the pressure by means of which the eyeglasses are held in posit1on.

My inventionaims to provide a construction in which posts or studs which may or may not have housings at their inner ends may be employed in connection with eyeglass mountings including a bridge which is adapted to rest upon the nose and spring actuated arms or levers supporting guards at their rear ends, the said eyeglasses provided with such mountings being of the class and character usually designated as fingerpiecc eyeglasses. v

Other objects and advantages of my construction will be referred to hereinafter in the detaileddescripticn of myinvention or will be obvious therefrom.

My inventioncomprehends the combination and arrangement of parts illustrated in the drawings and described in the specificatiori and also such other combinations and arrangements of parts as are within the scope of my invention as it isset forth in the claims.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a front view 0? a pair 01 eyeglasses which embodies my invention, a portion of the mounting being in section; Fig. 2 is a transverse sect on Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 2,1910.

Patented Jan. 9,1912.

Serial No. 590,349.

of the mounting through the housing bf'a part or stud andlooking inwardly toward the spring and toward the end of the bridge connection extending between the posts or studs. Fig. 3 is a rear view of a portion of a lens and the portion of the mounting connected thereto; Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing a slightly modified construction; Fig. 5 is a view of the rear side of a .portion of an eyeglass lens and the mounting, partly in section, connected thereto showing a modified construction of housing, and Fig. 6 is a view of the rear side of a portion of an eyeglass lens and the mounting, partly in section, connected thereto showing still another modified construction of mounting.

Referring to the drawings: 1 designates the lenses and 2 the posts or studs connected thereto by means of straps 3 and having stays 4. The posts or studs as illustrated are provided with housings 5, although it will be understood that the housings are not essential to my invention.

6 designates a bridge the opposite side portions of which are secured in the housings 5 by means of screws 7. The posts or levers 10 are pivoted by .means of pivot screws 11.

It is. to be understood that my invention is not limited to a bridge of the exact form and construction shown, nor is it limited to The opposite ends of the the exact manner of pivotally supporting the guard arms 10 which is illustrated; but more broadly considered it comprehends a construction including a combination of posts or studs secured to the lenses, a bridge or an equivalent device connected at its opposite ends in any known manner to the said posts or studs, and a pivoted arm or lever supporting at its rear ends nose bearing pieces which are adapted to rest upon the nose.

l2 designates the nose bearing pieces or guards secured to the rear ends of the levers 10 in any known manner which may be desired. The forward ends of the levers are extended to form finger-pieces or arms 15 by means of which the arms or levers 10 may set be actuated to move the nose bearing pieces or guards in. and out for the purpose ot placing a pair of eyeglasses upon and removing them trom the nose of a wearer.

The arms or levers 10 are held in position. v.

to cause the nose bearing pieces or guards 1:2 to clamp the nose by means of springs 16 which in the construction shown are se cured within the housings 5 between the bridge and the inner ends of the studs by means of the screws 7 which are employed for securing the opposite sides of the bridge 6 to the posts or studs. The position of the spring may he changed as desired. -'llhe springs may consist of any suitable mate rial such as flat or round material but I preferably torm them of wire bent or otherwise formed to such shape as may be desired. As illustrated, the respective springs are bent so as to form what mayJoc termed a body portion which extends into a housing, which body portion is provided with a loop or eye 17 through which a screw 7 passes to securely hold the spring in. position. In the construction illustrated, the front portions 18 of the springs extend upwardly a considerable distance above the top edges of the housings and then extend rearwardly as shown at 19 and then downwardly as shown at QOto the arms or levers 10 to which they are connected by bending the wire around the said arms as indicated bodying the combination of springs, posts or studs, whatever may be their construcnose bearing pieces or tion,and pivoted arms or levers supporting guards actuated by the said sprmgs.

In Fig. 4: l have shown a construction which is identical with that shmvn in Figs. 1, 2 and 8 except that the downwardly extending portion 20 of the spring is not connected to the arm or lever 10 but merely contacts with it as is indicated atQ i.

ln 5 l'have shown a construction which dilters from that shown in. Fig. 1 in the manner of the construction of the housings. in said Fig. 5 the stud-25 is rovided with an enlargement or head 26 which is adapted to extend between the opposite sides ot a cover orbozr-lilre member 2.2. side or end portion oi the bridge 6 extends between the sides ot the cover or boa-like member 27 and between the base of the lat ter and the inner end of the stud The spring 28 shown in Fig. 5 is of the same construction as the spring shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, and it is located between the outer side of the bridge 6 and the inner end of the stud 25. The member 27 and the spring 528 are all secured in position by means of a screw 30. My invention also comprchends as an article of manufacture, a bridge or equivalent portion of an eyeglass mounting having arms or levers pivoted at its opposite ends and nose bearing pieces or guards connected to said arms or levers. Such a structure and springs of the character illustrated herein or their equivalents may be placed upon the market and sold as separate articles of manufacture, and may be substituted for the ordinary bow spring and guard in common use so as to convert such a pair of glasses into fingerpiece eyeglasses.

In Fig. 6 ot the drawings, I have shown a modified construction of mounting, in which the bridge or other means for connecting and holding the lenses in proper relation to each other and the means for supporting the arms or lovers to which the nose-bearing pieces or guards are secured consist of separate members. Such a construction is desirable for the reason that the arms or levers.theguardsconnected thereto, and the means for supporting the or levers may be manufactured and sold as a separate article of manufacture, which is adapted to be substituted for guards of the usual construction which are employed in connection with eyeglasses provided with posts or studs to which the guards are connected in various known ways: Such a construction may be employed, for instance, in substitution for the guards employed in eyeglasses provided with a bow sprmgfof any known construction. In said Figf td, 33 designates a bridge secured at its opposite ends to posts 34, as indicated, the said bridge terminating at said posts, as-shown at 35. 36 designates nose bearing pieces or guards supported upon the rear ends of levers37, pivoted at 38, upon members 39 having portions 40, which are connected to the posts or studs 34. 41 designates the springs which are adapted to contact with the levers 37 to cause pressure of the words 36 in the manner hereinbefore described in connection with the other figures of this drawing. Screws 4-2 which extend into and have connection with the posts or studs 34, are employed for securing the opposite ends oil the member iii-B the members 3-L and the springs tl, to the said posts or studs.

"in the construction as shown in Fig. 6, the levers 8? are pivoted upon horizontal porsaid arms tions of the members 39, while the portions l0 or the said members 39 extend upwardly posts or studs. 34a

eetedf'to'the posts fd ,j.how'ever, that configuration of ed withoutdepart- For instance, the

' Located between the ends of the br'idgefid and the opposite ends of the Having claim thus Eli" Crib ed my invention,

1. In eyeglasses cbnibination of the lenses, posts or studs-connected to the lenses,

a bridge having; its Opposite side portions connected to thesaidposts or studs and the opposite ends of the said bridge extending beyond the said posts "or studs, arms or levers pivoted'to 'the opposite ends of the said bridge, nose bearingpieees or-guards connected toyther'getr ends of the said arms or levers, sprin s havlng connection with the posts or stu and eontacting with the:

said arms or levers to actuate tlieg'samei ,to

cause thenose bearing pieces or giiaids' 'to' ing extended insubstantially parallel-relaclamp the nose of a wearer.

2. In eyeglasses, theicombination of the lenses, 'p ostsonstuds connected thereto, a bridge "having. its opposite side portions connected to the "saidposts' -or studs, the op;

v posite' ends of the said ridge being ex"- tended beyond-thesaid ipostsor studs andbeing bent outwardly, arms ofrfllevers piyoted upon the sand outwardly bent ends o the said bridge, n'ose bearing pieces or guards secured, upon the rear ends of the said arms cf leyers, and springs for actuating the said nose bearing-"pieces or guards to cause them to clamp .the nose of a. wearer, Y

' 3-- in eyeglasses, the coiiibination of the I lenses posts or stn ds"ha,ving housings at theirinner ends, a brid e1 having its opposite side portlonsseate in the said housings, means for connecting the said bridge to the said posts or studs, and the opposite ends of the said bridge extending beyond the said housings and thereafter being extended outwardly, arms orlevers pivoted upon the outwardly extended ends of the said bridge, nose bearing pieces or guards secured upon the rear ends of the said arms -or levers, and springs seatedin the said housings between the said bridge and the posts or studs for actuating the said guards to cause them to clamp thenose of a wearer. ,4, In eyeglasses, the combination of the lenses, posts or studs connected to the lenses, the said posts or studs having housings attheir inner ends, a bridge having its opposite side portions located in the said',hous-' ings and having its opposite end portions extended beyond the said housings and then outwardly, arms or levers pivoted upon the Y downwardly into omiected to the posts. "or, cipvwardly as ilnstrated,

lenses,

fpoints ofconnection to the of thes'aidqarms or levers, springs located in the said housings between the innercends of thefs'a'i'd stud and the opposite side porthe said'springs havtions of the said bridge, ing'iextensions'which are adapted to contact with the said arms'or levels to "actuate the 'saidlnose=bearing pieces, or guards to 'e anse-then'i-to clamp the nose of a wearer,

' and means" fon-s ecuring-the said bridge and these-id springs to the said studs.

5. In eye-glasses, the combination of pests connected thereto, means ex-- tending-from post to post for connecting the said "1 nses,;devices for connecting the said meansfto' the saidposts, nose bearing pieces, pivotaliy supported arms or levers for supporting the 'said nose bearing: pieces, and

springs for actuating, the said arms orlevers to cause the'said nose bearing pieces to clamp the nose, the said springs being connected to'the' said devices at points intermediate their ends, and the portions of th e said springs upon opposite sides of their i said devices betion with respect to each other, and one of the said end portions being longe} than the other and bent laterally, the said'laterally bent portion being-connected to the other opposite end portion of the said. spring, and

are Said a all bentport-ion bein forther extendedga' said lever whereby both end portions of the spring upon opposite "sides of the said de- :placed in contact with the 1 vices operate to exert pressure upon the said levers gi' I 6. In eye lasses, the combination of lenses, posts connected thereto, means extendin from post t 3 post for connecting the sai lenses'to e other, devices for connecting the said means to the said posts, nose bear ing'pieces,"-11ivotally supported arms or levers for supporting the said nose beatrin pieces, andsprings for actuating the said arms or levers to cause; the said nose bearing pieces to grip the nose, the said springs respectively'consisting of a spring w ire,bent to form a loop, the opposite end portions of said loop being connected to each other and the said loop portions of the spririgsbeing connected to the said devices and one of the end portions-of each of the said springs beirg extended and connected to the said arms or levers.

7. Ineyeglasses the combination of lenses, means for connecting said lenses to each other, nose bearing pieces, arms or levers pivotally supported at the opposite ends of the said means for supporting the said nose bearing pieces, and springs for actuating the said arms or levers to cause the said nose bearing pieces to grip the nose,- the said springs respectiveTy consisting of a spring wire bent, to form a 100 the opposite end In testimony that I claim the ioregoing portions of vsaid loop eing connected to as my invention, I have hereunto signed my each other and the said springs also being name this 3lst da)of October A. D. 1910.

supported at the oposite ends of the said ANIEL V. BROWN. 1

means and one of the end portions of each of In the presence ofthe said springs being extended and con- E. F. MBALEY, nested to'the said arms or levers. I. M. TARLETON. 

